Thursday’s Viewing Picks

College Basketball
Men’s
Charleston Classic, TD Arena, Charleston, SC
Quarterfinals
Mississippi vs. George Mason — ESPN3, noon
Oklahoma State vs. Towson — ESPN3, 2:30 p.m.
Long Beach State vs. Seton Hall — ESPNU, 7 p.m.
Virginia vs. Bradley — ESPN2, 9:30 p.m.

Gavitt Tipoff Games
Rutgers at St. John’s — FS1, 7 p.m.
Iowa at Marquette — FS1, 9 p.m.

Puerto Rico Tip-Off, Coliseo Robert Clemente, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Quarterfinals
Temple vs. Minnesota — ESPNU, 11:30 a.m.
Butler vs. Missouri State — ESPNU, 2 p.m.
Miami (FL) vs. Mississippi State — ESPN2, 5 p.m.
Utah vs. Texas Tech — ESPN2, 7:30 p.m.

George Washington at South Florida — American Sports Network, 7 p.m.
Creighton at Indiana — Big Ten Network, 7 p.m.
Marshall at Tennessee — SEC Network Plus, 7 p.m.
Houston Baptist at TCU — Fox College Sports Pacific, 8 p.m.
Stony Brook at Vanderbilt — SEC Network Plus, 8 p.m.
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Texas A&M — SEC Network Plus, 8 p.m.
Boise State at Arizona — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Arizona, 8:30 p.m.
Oregon State at Rice — American Sports Network, 9 p.m.
Loyola Marymount at Colorado State — Mountain West Network, 9 p.m.
Mississippi Valley State at Air Force — Mountain West Network, 9 p.m.
New Mexico Highlands at Wyoming — Mountain West Network, 9 p.m.
South Alabama at LSU — SEC Network, 9 p.m.
San Francisco at Fresno State — Mountain West Network, 10 p.m.
Pepperdine at UCLA — Pac-12 Network/Pac-12 Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Mount St. Mary’s at Washington — Pac-12 Washington, 10:30 p.m.
SMU at Stanford — ESPN2, 11:30 p.m.

Women’s
Princeton at Seton Hall — FS2, 7 p.m.
BYU at Oklahoma — Fox College Sports Atlantic/Fox Sports Oklahoma, 7 p.m.
Virginia at Auburn — SEC Network, 7 p.m.
South Dakota at Kansas State — Fox College Sports Central, 8 p.m.

College Diving
Texas Diving Invitational — Longhorn Network, 6 p.m.
Texas Diving Invitational — Longhorn Network, 7:30 p.m.

College Football Viewing Picks

College Volleyball
Women’s
Santa Clara at BYU — BYUtv, 9 p.m.

FA Cup
1st Round Proper
Maidenhead United vs. Port Vale — Fox Soccer Plus, 2:40 p.m.

Golf
European Tour
World Tour Championships, Jumeirah Golf Estates (Earth Course), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
1st Round — Golf Channel, 3 a.m.

PGA Tour
RSM Classic, Sea Island Golf Club (Seaside Course, Plantation Course), St. Simons Island, GA
1st Round — Golf Channel, 1 p.m.

Golf Central Pregame — Golf Channel, 12:30 p.m.

LPGA Tour
CME Group Tour Championship, Tiburon Golf Club, Naples, FL
1st Round — Golf Channel, 4 p.m. (same day coverage)

PGA Tour Australasia
Australian Masters, Huntingdale Golf Club, Oakleigh South, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
2nd Round — Golf Channel, 10 p.m.

Mixed Martial Arts
UFC Reloaded: UFC 163: Aldo vs. Korean Zombie — FS2, 9 p.m.

MLB
Hot Stove — MLB Network, 9 a.m.
MLB Now — MLB Network, 2 p.m.
Baseball Writers’ Association of America Awards: Most Valuable Player Awards — MLB Network, 6 p.m.
Baseball Tonight: Most Valuable Player Awards — MLB Network, 7 p.m.

NASCAR
NASCAR America — NBCSN, 5 p.m.
NASCAR Race Hub — FS1, 6 p.m.

NBA
Milwaukee at Cleveland — TNT, 8 p.m.
Golden State at Los Angeles Clippers — TNT, 10:30 p.m.

Fantasy Tip-Off — NBA TV, 6:30 p.m.
NBA GameTime — NBA TV, 7 p.m.
Inside the NBA — TNT, 1 a.m. (Friday)
NBA Tonight — ESPN2, 1:30 a.m. (Friday)

NFL Viewing Picks

NHL
Colorado at Pittsburgh — Altitude/Root Sports Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Washington — Fox Sports Soutwest/Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic, 7 p.m.
Minnesota at Boston — Fox Sports North/NESN, 7 p.m.
San Jose at Philadelphia — Comcast SportsNet California/Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Anaheim at Florida — Fox Sports Prime Ticket/Fox Sports Florida, 7:30 p.m.
Arizona at Montreal — RDS/Fox Sports Arizona/City TV Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at Ottawa — RDS2/Fox Sports Ohio/TSN5, 7:30 p.m.
New York Rangers at Tampa Bay — MSG Network/Sun Sports, 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo at St. Louis — MSG Buffalo/Bell TV/Fox Sports Midwest, 8 p.m.

Hockey Central @ noon — Sportsnet/NHL Network, noon
NHL Live — NHL Network, 5 p.m.
NHL Tonight — NHL Network, 7 p.m.
On the Fly — NHL Network, 11 p.m.

Soccer
El Clasico the Movie — beIN Sports, 1 p.m.
ESPN FC — ESPNews, 6 p.m.
The Express Xtra — beIN Sports, 10 p.m.

Sports Talk
Sport Today — BBC World News, 5:45 a.m.
Boomer & Carton — CBS Sports Network, 6 a.m.
Morning Drive — Golf Channel, 8 a.m.
The Dan Patrick Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/NBCSN, 9 a.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 9:45 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — ESPNU, 10 a.m.
The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz — ESPNews, 11:30 a.m.
The Rich Eisen Show — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV)/Root Sports (Northwest/Pittsburgh/Rocky Mountain), noon
BYU Sports Nation — BYUtv, noon
His & Hers — ESPN2, noon
Russillo and Kanell — ESPNews, 1 p.m.
Outside the Lines — ESPN, 1:30 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 1:45 p.m.
Sport Today — BBC World News, 2:30 p.m.
The Box Score — Audience Network (AT&T U-Verse/DirecTV), 3 p.m.
The Doug Gottlieb Show — CBS Sports Network, 3 p.m.
The Paul Finebaum Show — SEC Network 3 p.m.
Highly Questionable — ESPN, 4:30 p.m.
Around the Horn — ESPN, 5 p.m.
Pardon the Interruption — ESPN, 5:30 p.m.
BTN Live — Big Ten Network, 6 p.m.
Time to Schein — CBS Sports Network, 6 p.m.
Fox Sports Live — FS1, 11 p.m.
SEC Now — SEC Network, 11 p.m.
TMZ Sports — FS1, midnight
SportsCenter at Night With Scott Van Pelt — ESPN, midnight
Contacto Deportivo — Univision/Univision Deportes, midnight
Fox Sports Live: Countdown — FS1, 12:30 a.m. (Friday)

Tennis
ATP Tour
ATP World Tour Finals, O2 Arena, London, England, United Kingdom
Afternoon Session
Doubles-Ashe/Smith Group: Simone Bolelli/Fabio Fognini vs. Rohan Bopanna/Florin Mergea — Tennis Channel, 7 a.m.
Singles-Stan Smith Group: Roger Federer vs. Kei Nishikori — Tennis Chanel, 9 a.m.

Evening Session
Doubles-Ashe/Smith Group: Bob and Mark Bryan vs. Jamie Murray/John Peers — Tennis Channel, 1 p.m.
Singles-Stan Smith Group: Novak Djokovic vs. Tomas Berdych — ESPN2, 3 p.m.

Tennis Channel Live — Tennis Channel, 5 p.m.

About Ken Fang

Ken has been covering the sports media in earnest at his own site, Fang's Bites since May 2007 and at Awful Announcing since March 2013. He provides a unique perspective having been an award-winning radio news reporter in Providence and having worked in local television. Fang celebrates the three Boston Red Sox World Championships in the 21st Century, but continues to be a long-suffering Cleveland Browns fan.

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